Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Amity
Chambers Prospect
Danburg
Delhi
G.W. Booker Property
Hilly Mine
Jacksons Crossroads
Kendall Mine
Metasville (1)
Metasville (2)
Morgans Mn Mine
Newton
Pink Pearl Quarry
Rayle
Ross Property
Silver Pearl Quarry
Stone Ridge Mine (Orr; Stone Ridge Mine Orr)
Tignal
Tignal (2)
Tyrone
Washington
Youngs Chapel Prospect
Youngs Chapel Prospect (2)

Latitude: 33°47'52"N
Longitude: 82°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.797777777778,-82.666666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tengerite	Titanite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tengerite Titanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	203814	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	203813	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	203814	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	203795	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	203814	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	203786,203791,203797,203804,203814	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	203814	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	203814	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	203798,203814	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	203786	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	203785,203792,203793,203796,203804,203807	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	203814	1544
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	203812	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	203795	581
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₄(CO₃)₇·9H₂O	1	203795	10
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	203797,203798,203804,203814	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	203788,203791	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	203791	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	203812,203815	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	203803	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	203786,203791,203793,203804	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	203812	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	203785,203793,203795,203797,203798,203800,203808,203809,203810,203812,203814	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	203786	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	203800,203812	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	203802	598
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	203786	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	203786	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	203804	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	203788	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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